Latest News for: Drought farmers

Sir — Australia will have to import wheat for the first time in more than a decade owing to severe drought... The show has aired an episode were contestants cooked for drought affected farmers ... It is time, the show highlighted alternative, less wasteful consumption patterns that might actually help contend the drought....

The clean sweep by Bharatiya Janata Party in even rural seats of Gujarat has surprised local farmer leaders. They say that inspite of overall agrarian distress and drought situation the performance of BJP is unbelievable ... Villages are facing drought, farmers are not getting remunerative prices....

May is always glorious at the Santa MonicaFarmersMarket, offering up jewel-like berries, mountains of downy fava pods and blushing peaches the color of California sunsets ...Everything is plump and fresh-faced, not a wilting leaf in sight, making the brutal 2012-2016 drought seem a distant memory ... “It’s not hurting us as much as it has other farmers....

As the climate becomes less predictable, with heavier rainstorms and periods of drought, growing seasons and weather patterns that farmers have come to rely on remain up in the air ... To combat unpredictable weather, some farmers are using shelters like green or hoop houses to shield their crops....

Patil said that after his whirlwind tour of the entire state, the situation was in favour of the NCP, particularly owing to failure of the BJP-led government to tackle the drought. He said farmers had brought to his notice that adequate steps were not taken to help them....

From severe drought in 2018 to fighting off relentless rains this year, the 3-year-old business is no stranger to challenges. “Last year, dealing with the drought, that was painful,” said Montgomery. “As, as a lot of farmers in this area will attest, paying $100 for a bale of hay, it's tough to make pencil.” ... ​ ... .......

Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi met allies and former mentors on Friday to plot a course for his second term after a landslide victory left the once-mighty Gandhi dynasty reeling ... Also read ... India's agriculture industry is also in a dire state with drought, low prices and debt driving thousands of farmers to suicide in recent years ... ....

Southern Angola is facing the worst drought in decades, with at least 2.3 million people at high risk of suffering malnutrition because they couldn’t get enough food, the United Nations Children’s Fund says ... Asorio Setequele, a local farmer says they are starving at home and have no water because of the drought....

A convention of farmers will ...Issues related to ensuring remunerative price for agriculture produce, problems faced by farmers owing to drought and the delay in conferring ownership rights to farmers engaged in bagair hukum cultivation will be discussed, he added....

A number of politically smart and responsive moves helped Fadnavis manage not just issues such as farmers’ protests, Maratha agitations for reservation, Dalit violence and drought, but also helped him succeed in keeping ally Sena at bay....

As 2018 was winding down, one of California’s leading newspapers suggested, via a front-page, banner-headlined article, that the drought that had plagued the state for much of this decade may be returning ... Meanwhile, California’s farmers opened vast new acreages of high-value crops, such as almonds, that demanded more reliable water....

Farmers, crops try to weather heat ... LUMBERTON — While Robeson Countyfarmers are looking at a week of unseasonably hot and dry weather after an unusually wet and cool spring, commodity prices are going in different directions ... Locally, farmers are changing plans with the weather....

Scott Morrison has paused to pay tribute to a trailblazing relative during a trip to outback Queensland. The prime minister travelled for hours across the north-west of the state, checking in on cattle farmers recovering from drought. Driving through the small town of Cloncurry on Friday, his convoy came to an unexpected stop outside a cemetery ... ....